The U.S. department of agriculture has approved the Texas Health and Humans Services Commission regarding providing benefits to millions of children for the fourth round of Federal Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) food Benefits and this announcement was made by Governor Greg Abbott on April 12.
Well, this announcement is big because of several reasons for texas schoolchildren who qualified in the fourth round of program benefits. And Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) is especially for texas schoolchildren from kindergarten to 12 grade through the National School Lunch food Program drive was begin to provide fewer price meals and give them temporary access during a pandemic. And Governor Greg Abbott also thanked the organization of HHSC and TEA for cooperating with USDA and providing food benefits to families. Furthermore, he also extended her great thanks to the Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) program which has worked successfully and robust efforts over the past two years for providing nutritious food to schoolchildren.
What are other benefits?
- More than $626 million provided by the HHSC which will benefit 2.1 million children who are eligible or qualified will get the benefit for the years 2021-22.
- As per the estimated figures approx $6.13 billion was invested in Pandemic Electronic Transfer Benefits for providing food benefit services to Texas families.
- Moreover, according to the Governor of Texas Greg Abbott, the Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer is based on the calculated number of days students did not receive any instructions due to Covid sickness. Such students are eligible each day, and their families will get the amount of $7.10.
What Is (P-EBT) Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer?
It’s a program for schoolchildren from kindergarten to 12th grade, and only NSLP-certified child is eligible to receive benefits under this P-EBT program. Firstly P-EBT will be issued in two different slots for two different years in 2021-22.
Other benefits under pandemic electronic benefit transfer are-
- Eligible students will receive these benefits and use them in one or both semesters based on their eligibility criteria.
- Scholl children will receive all benefits in the month of July. The reason behind this because the school will provide the details of students to HHSC at once in one go not separately for each semester.
- Eligible students identified under this program as homeless, homecare, or migrants will receive the benefits on their behalf in the commencing week of July.
Process of P-EBT-
- To avail of the benefits of this program, it is important to understand the process. The school or district will send details about the eligibility criteria of students to the Texas of Health and Human Services to issue befits to eligible students. Under this detail, it will include the benefits student is getting.
- Eligible children for pandemic electronic benefit transfer will receive the notice through email.
- In case you are first timer receiving benefits under Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer then a first notice will include the details about how you can claim your benefits through email, you will receive the pandemic electronic benefit transfer card.
- Or if you are not a first-timer then in such case benefits of this program P-EBT will be issued on Lone Star Card or P-EBT card.
What Is The Relation of NSLP To the P-EBT Program?
It is important to understand the complicated structure of this program. If your eligible NSLP student it does mean you are also eligible for P-EBT. There are different ways for securing eligibility-
- The child nutrition department has approved the NSLP household meal application.
- Certified directly from programs such as SNAP.
Conclusion
In the nutshell, this article, it was discussed the fourth round of pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer of food benefits to Texas schoolchildren. The reason for continuing this program is to provide food assistance to these schoolchildren who do have not easy access to food. In this article above importance, benefits, eligibility, and process of Electronic benefit transfer has discussed to provide clarity regarding this article.
Frequently Asked Questions-
- What is the full form of HHSC?
The Texas Health and Human Service Commission. It is an agency to make health services effective and efficient.
- Is there any application online application to avail of this service under P-EBT?
No. There is no such online application. Only NSLP household application you have to complete for eligibility provided by your school.
- How they will assess HHSC?
Each NSLP eligible child will get the benefit of such a student was absent due to Covid-19 and sickness.
- What is the format of P-EBT for providing benefits?
Two slots will be issued for the eligible child in P-EBT. The first will issuance from August 2021 to December 2021. And the second issuance is from January 2022 to June 2022.
